The Pentagon sent C-130 MAFFS-equipped aircraft to fight the LA fires. The water bombers drop nearly 14 tons of fire ...

The planes can “discharge their entire load of up to 3,000 gallons of retardant in less than five seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long by 100 feet wide, or they can make variable drops ...

Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems, C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying ... Wednesday shows a pilot’s point-of-view as the aircraft flies over and drops retardant on the Hughes ...

There are strict rules for aircraft operating in and around a fire to make sure everyone’s flying in a predictable manner.

About 100 aircrew and maintainers will be involved in the deportation flights. The aircraft have been moved to Texas and ...

US advanced propulsion system developer Wright Electric has conducted an initial fit check of its WM2500 electric propulsion ...

PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–The ever-enduring C-130 Hercules celebrated 70 years of unwavering service last year. Since its inception ...

The Air Force is progressing with a massive technological overhaul of its warzone-tested C-130 aircraft, giving the platform new radios, digital avionics, collision avoidance technology and ...

If you hear a new rumble from above or see another large plane overhead in the Valley, it could be another new C-130j-30 ...

The Department of Defense deployed modified C-130 aircraft and Navy helicopters to support efforts to contain the destructive wildfires burning in Los Angeles. A wildfire started in the Pacific ...